The White House just put out excerpts of what President Obama will say tonight at the top of tonight’s news conference. For the record, it's not much new:

Excerpts of the President's Opening Remarks at Tonight's News Conference

-As Prepared for Delivery-

That is why I’ve said that even as we rescue this economy from a full-blown crisis, we must rebuild it stronger than before.  And health insurance reform is central to that effort.
 
This is not just about the 47 million Americans who have no health insurance.  Reform is about every American who has ever feared that they may lose their coverage if they become too sick, or lose their job, or change their job.  It’s about every small business that has been forced to lay off employees or cut back on their coverage because it became too expensive.  And it’s about the fact that the biggest driving force behind our federal deficit is the skyrocketing cost of Medicare and Medicaid.
 
So let me be clear:  if we do not control these costs, we will not be able to control our deficit.  If we do not reform health care, your premiums and out-of-pocket costs will continue to skyrocket.  If we do not act, 14,000 Americans will continue to lose their health insurance every single day.  These are the consequences of inaction.  These are the stakes of the debate we’re having right now.

In a few hours, President Obama goes before reporters in what will be his fourth primetime news conference. We’re told that Obama—not unlike his other pressers—will make a roughly 10-minute statement before taking questions from the media. The president will talk about, what else, health care reform, likely repeating some of talking points we’ve been hearing from him and his aides over the past few days. What will be different about tonight? On message, it’s still unclear. Obama has been trying for days, if not weeks, to use his own political capitol to press Congress into passing reform legislation before lawmakers head home for their summer break next month. But in spite of the blitz this week—not just on Obama’s part, but also his surrogates—it’s unclear if Obama is getting anywhere in those efforts.

While he has rightly noted the progress made on the issue, the president still faces some significant hurdles, and not just in terms of opposition from Republicans. If there’s any hope of getting health care reform through, Obama needs House and Senate Democrats, all of them, and right now, his party is splintered—and some of them are pointing fingers at the White House. They want Obama to take ownership of this bill, to tell them exactly what he wants in legislation and then to more aggressively push for it. We already know Obama wants a bill with a so-called public option, but unanswered so far is whether Obama would veto the legislation without it. He dodged the question during his last go-round with reporters. Will he answer it tonight?